Tyler Gerth was shot and killed while photographing the protest.

[Swede]

Night after night, Tyler Gerth snapped photos of the Louisville protests.

The mostly black-and-white frames shared to his Instagram showed the heartbreak, occasional triumph and tirelessness that have defined the month-long demonstrations: the marching, the singing, the hugging. The chanting and the silence.

Gerth, 27, was shot and killed Saturday night at a protest in Jefferson Square Park. He'd become a vocal supporter of ongoing protests against racism and police brutality and, his family said, a strong supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement.


https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/06/28/breonna-taylor-jefferson-square-park-shooting-victim-identified/3274412001/?fbclid=IwAR1ugyQDjMgNixZVUL8x3Xid7Z1NaMjvqvArVdKjPuixCPUvHI_-wFN7T0w

[Laffy Kat]

1. Tragic and senseless. Thoughts to his family.

[padah513]

3. This is so tiring

Who the hell would target a man with a camera in his hands?

[Laffy Kat]

4. They do have the suspect in custody now.

Little comfort, though.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. People who don't want any evidence surfacing later on.

Fri Jun 26, 2020: I took this pic- it got me assaulted & beat up. Punched/kicked in the head, neck, ribs.

Such adorable lil' darlings.

I took this pic- it got me assaulted & beat up. Punched/kicked in the head, neck, ribs. Maybe concussion, socked in left eye is little blurry, sore neck & ribs. 8-10 people attacked me. Innocent people are going to get killed. Capitol locked- stuck in office.Stop violence nowPlz!

Link to tweet

[Nevilledog]

2. So damn sad.

[irisblue]

5. 🕯️

From the article ... "Steven Lopez, 23, is facing charges of murder and first-degree wanton endangerment, Louisville Metro Police officials said Sunday after releasing his arrest citation."

[stillcool]

6. Makes no sense...

What we know about Steven Lopez, the suspect in the fatal Jefferson Square Park shooting
Lucas Aulbach
Louisville Courier Journal
Interim Chief Robert Schroeder said Lopez had been part of the protests since they began. He confirms Lopez had been arrested a few times over the last several weeks and was asked to leave the park by other protesters for his disruptive behavior.
https://www.whas11.com/article/news/crime/steven-lopez-jefferson-square-park-shooting/417-518283ed-1ee3-4aab-a641-8bc7ecbfe2f6

Court records show he was one of 17 protesters arrested on June 17, and a Courier Journal photographer captured his arrest in a photo. He was charged that morning with inciting a riot, disorderly conduct, harassment and possession of drug paraphernalia. His citation noted he was in possession of a handgun "with two full mags of ammo" at the time of the arrest. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2020/06/28/louisville-breonna-taylor-protest-shooting-suspect-identified/3274385001/

[IronLionZion]

8. Police targeted journalists in many cities

shooting rubber bullets directly at them, assaulting them, tear gassing them.

[Duppers]

9. ...